:00:15. > :00:16.Good evening. evening on the BBC News Channel
:00:17. > :00:19.There's been a large fire at one of South Yorkshire's biggest elployers,
:00:20. > :00:23.More than 60 firefighters wdre called to tackle the blaze
:00:24. > :00:24.at the company's warehouse in Grimethorpe, near Barnsldy.
:00:25. > :00:26.Initial investigations have revealed that
:00:27. > :00:31.The company's temporarily stopped taking orders.
:00:32. > :00:33.Staff arriving at the ASOS site this morning were
:00:34. > :00:35.sent home again as investig`tions into the fire continue.
:00:36. > :00:38.We've just arrived now and we see that the site is closed.
:00:39. > :00:41.We just want to take our clothes, mobile phones and that's it,
:00:42. > :00:46.We now wait for another instruction as to when we start work ag`in.
:00:47. > :00:48.Emergency crews were called to the warehouse near Grimethorpe just
:00:49. > :00:51.Around 60 firefighters attended the scene,
:00:52. > :00:58.several floors containing mhllions of boxes of clothes were alhght
:00:59. > :01:02.The fire was started on the second floor and quickly spread to the
:01:03. > :01:07.By the time it got to the fourth floor it was quite an intense fire.
:01:08. > :01:10.The firefighters had very dhfficult conditions in which to fight the
:01:11. > :01:16.Luckily nobody was hurt but it is believed
:01:17. > :01:19.A cigarette lighter has been recovered from the second floor of
:01:20. > :01:24.ASOS is one of South Yorkshhre's biggest employers but recently
:01:25. > :01:28.Last night's fire is estimated to have caused millions
:01:29. > :01:35.In a statement today, the online fashion retailer says it has stopped
:01:36. > :01:44.taking orders while the extdnt of the damage is investigatdd.
:01:45. > :01:46.As you might have just heard, the Sheffield MP, David Blunkett,
:01:47. > :01:49.has announced he will step down at the next general election.
:01:50. > :01:51.The Brightside MP has spent nearly 50 years in politics.
:01:52. > :01:54.The former Home Secretary s`ys he backs Ed Miliband but if Labour
:01:55. > :01:57.doesn't win the election next year, it might not win again for 05 years.
:01:58. > :02:05.James Vincent has this exclusive television intervhew.
:02:06. > :02:09.Before he was helping run the country, he was running Sheffield.
:02:10. > :02:12.Mr Blunkett says after 45 ydars of listening
:02:13. > :02:17.and helping people with thehr problems, it is time for hil to go.
:02:18. > :02:20.Despite disagreements with leader Ed Miliband, he says his departure
:02:21. > :02:27.has nothing to do with the direction his party is going in.
:02:28. > :02:29.There is only one alternative to the Conservatives from next year
:02:30. > :02:35.and that is a Labour`led government with Ed Miliband in Downing Street.
:02:36. > :02:39.But he does have a strong w`rning for Labour as it goes into 2015
:02:40. > :02:42.If we do not win the election in May next year,
:02:43. > :02:50.The changes that the Conservatives would bring in would be dev`stating.
:02:51. > :02:52.Mr Blunkett says his biggest success is breaking down the barriers for
:02:53. > :02:59.people with disabilities and getting local people involved in politics.
:03:00. > :03:03.Finally, Mr Blunkett, are you going to miss it?
:03:04. > :03:06.I am going to miss it terribly, I am going to miss the local comlunity
:03:07. > :03:10.meetings, the way in which people in my own constituency, my beloved
:03:11. > :03:12.Sheffield, actually give yot the most hard time imaginable and then
:03:13. > :03:16.put their arm around you and make sure you know that they are
:03:17. > :03:23.there supporting you even if they disagree.
:03:24. > :03:25.The People's Republic of South Yorkshire, as it becale known,
:03:26. > :03:28.gave us our current crop of South Yorkshire MPs
:03:29. > :03:31.but soon that group will not include the one that rose the highest.
:03:32. > :03:37.James Vincent, BBC Look North, Sheffield.
:03:38. > :03:40.Police are appealing for witnesses after a man w`s shot
:03:41. > :03:43.The 23`year`old was found whth gunshot wounds on wasteland
:03:44. > :03:46.off Queen Mary Road on the Lanor at about 2:20
:03:47. > :03:50.He was taken to hospital for treatment
:03:51. > :03:57.In Rugby League, Huddersfield Giants have beaten London Broncos `t home.
:03:58. > :04:03.The 38`22 win was the Giants' eighth win in nine Super League matches.
:04:04. > :04:06.Cricket, and the latest frol day two of the second Test match ag`inst
:04:07. > :04:09.Sri Lanka at Headingley ` England are 320 for 6, leading by 63 runs.
:04:10. > :04:13.Our own Joe Root's been unable to recreate the form he's had recently
:04:14. > :04:29.Good evening. Another fine day to come tomorrow. A pleasant end to
:04:30. > :04:32.today with sunny spells and it is looking fine and dry this evening
:04:33. > :04:35.and overnight with clear spdlls . Not a particularly cool night but
:04:36. > :04:38.out in the countryside tempdratures could slip back to single fhgures,
:04:39. > :04:52.peak performance. Plenty of sunshine peak performance. Plenty of sunshine
:04:53. > :04:54.to begin with, the cloud will bubble up and it will become partlx cloudy
:04:55. > :05:18.but staying fine and dry. For the majority of the British
:05:19. > :05:22.Isles, today has wrought long spells of warm sunshine and it is the
:05:23. > :05:27.longest day. There is plenty more to come this evening, and yet more on
:05:28. > :05:31.the cards for tomorrow. For many of us, the changes between today and
:05:32. > :05:35.tomorrow are very slight. Northern Scotland has been an exception.
:05:36. > :05:42.Tonight, thick cloud is pushing in here again. Rain in the Highland and
:05:43. > :05:47.crossing into the Murray for by dawn. -- the Moret Firth.
:05:48. > :05:53.For northern Scotland, great prospects again on Sunday. If
:05:54. > :06:03.anything, some heavier and more persistent rain. For the south,
:06:04. > :06:06.though, plenty of sunshine. And once again across England and Wales,
:06:07. > :06:11.sparkling skies and as the sun comes up, temperatures will start to rise
:06:12. > :06:12.appropriately. For northern Scotland, the presence